§ Mrs. Clwydasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will identify and quantify the number of missile launchers with a range of up to 200 km currently in Europe credited to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces that are (a) non-reloadable and (b) reloadable.
§ Mr. Boyesasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will identify and quantify the number of missile launchers with a range of up to 200 km currently credited to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation armed forces in the United States of America and Europe that are (a) non-reloadable and (b) reloadable.
§ Mr. StanleyThe "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1986" shows that there are 90 Lance missile launchers with a range of up to 200 km deployed with NATO forces in Europe. We also understand there are about 12 Lance missile launchers in the United States of America which could reinforce those in Europe. Lance missile launchers are reloadable.
§ Mrs. Clwydasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will identify and quantify the number of missile launchers with a range of up to 200 kilometres currently in Europe credited to Warsaw Pact forces that are (a) non-reloadable and (b) reloadable.
§ Mr. StanleyLaunchers for nuclear missiles with a range of up to 200 km currently deployed with Warsaw Pact forces in Europe are Frog and SS21. The number deployed is shown in the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1986" (annex A, figure 15 under short range systems) as 700. All the launchers are reloadable.